Two new polio cases have been confirmed in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, raising Pakistan’s 2025 tally to 23. The highly infectious disease persists in hard-to-reach areas with low vaccine acceptance, despite ongoing nationwide eradication efforts by health authorities and partners
The platform is based on a beta-propiolactone (BPL)-inactivated, whole-virus approach - a modernised take on traditional vaccine technology, according to the NIH on Thursday.
While development of a dengue vaccine has been perennially in the making, the recent launch of the third phase of clinical trials of dengue vaccine in India by ICMR with Panacea Biotec, has raised hopes over the availability of a dengue vaccine to the general public in the next few years.
According to data from the National Library of Medicine (NIH), desk-dominated work environments facilitate sedentary behaviour, with office workers sitting for 66 per cent of their working days and only 8 per cent successfully interrupting prolonged sitting within the first 55 minutes.
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Monday issued special instructions to all national and provincial health authorities to remain on high alert for any suspected case of monkeypox. According to a Radio Pakistan report, the Ministry of National Health Services is closely monitoring the situation and has debunked information circulating on social media about monkeypox cases […]
